dude you're either being deliberately disingenuous or you just can't be bothered. I'm for vaccines BUT this is on the Australia Governments drug regulatory body's own website. Yes very very tiny percentages but these are the numbers that the government has confirmed themselves as having been specifically caused by taking Astrazenica vaccine. And there are 61 cases of GB syndrome confirmed, 66 cases of myocarditis/pericarditis. They also list 303 cases of death "following" having taken a vaccine without any specific cause of death being linked / confirmed.
So yes vaccines are very important. But to say they're totally safe and 100 % harmless is just not accurate. Like any medication there is always a risk / reward scenario to weigh up which of course in this pandemic is heavily in favor of a majority of people being vaccinated.
For people who think everyone get vaccinated and the pandemic will be over ... you're taking some other kind of drug.
Deaths related to TTS
Sadly, this week we were notified that two confirmed cases of TTS after the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine were fatal. One was in a 44-year-old man from Tasmania and the other was in a 48-year-old women from Victoria (this case was reported as probable TTS in
last week’s report). The TGA extends its sincerest condolences to their families and loved ones.
Since the beginning of the vaccine rollout in Australia, a total of five deaths from TTS have been reported out of 6.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. All of them were related to a first dose of the vaccine.
TTS cases to date
Since last week’s report, a further four reports of blood clots and low blood platelets have been assessed as confirmed or probable TTS likely to be linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine (Table 1).
Table 1: Newly confirmed and probable TTS cases for the week of 16-22 July 2021‡
New confirmed TTS | New probable TTS |
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One new case:
- 44-year-old man from Tasmania
| Three new cases:
- 76 and 77-year-old men and a 79-year-old woman from NSW
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As previously reported, the TGA determines whether a report is likely to represent TTS by assessing cases against accepted criteria established by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
One case reported last week as probable was reclassified to confirmed. This takes the total Australian reports assessed as TTS following the AstraZeneca vaccine to 87 cases (53 confirmed, 34 probable) from approximately 6.1 million vaccine doses.